Re: how to open a webpage
| From: | Chris Shiflett | Date: | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:00:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: how to open a webpage | ||
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--- Richard Davey <rich@launchcode.co.uk> wrote:
> b> How can I open this URL automatically ??
>
> PHP itself cannot open a web page, it's a server-side language and
> doesn't have any control over the client like that.
Well, that's not exactly true if the allow_url_fopen directive is enabled.
You can open Web pages just like local files:
$handle = fopen('http://www.example.com/',
'r');
Hope that helps.
Chris
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